Brandied Cherries

Name: Brandied Cherries
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6 pints
Ingredients: 6 lbs dark sweet cherries; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup water; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 1/4 cups brandy

Submitted by seahorse73

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Ready In:: 1hr 45mins
Ingredients:: 5
Yields:: 6 pints

ingredients

6 lbs dark sweet cherries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
¹⁄₄ cup lemon juice
1 ¹⁄₄ cups brandy

directions

Wash & pit cherries.
Combine sugar, water & lemon juice in a large saucepot.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Add cherries & simmer until hot throughout. Remove from heat; stir in brandy.
Pack hot cherries into hot jars, leaving 1/2" headspace.
Ladle hot syrup over cherries, leaving 1/4" headspace.
Remove air bubbles.
Adjust two-piece caps.
Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.